of atlantic city. tropical storm that sandy has made landfall in atlantic city. washington, boston, subways are all shut down. 7000 flights have been grounded. the new york stock exchange is closed. at least millions of people are without power on along the eastern seaboard. people are ordered to move to higher ground. and manhattan is impacted this is massive. weather or not it is a t tropical storm classification or if it is a hurricane if it is still making a huge impact. jacqueline, we are still going back and forth with their id is not a ca classification. , it does not matter if it is a tropical storm because it is merging with the winter storm. because of that it is intensifying. it is basically stalling with making landfall. you can see the rainfall associated but also some snow. that is the blue on your screen and also the purple. we have been seeing this heavier rainfall rates. the all, the orange, indicating rainfall rates very very heavy, with the yellow, with over one-inch per hour. and it is not moving fast. a closer look over washington, and pennsylvania. look at that. downpo